'The Disciples': James Mollison's Portraits of Music Subcultures

From photographer James Mollison, whom you might remember from his poignant series on where children sleep, comes Disciples -- a visual study of musical subcultures, reminiscent of the Exactitudes
project. Between 2004 and 2007, Mollison travelled across Europe and
the U.S. with a mobile photography studio, which he parked in front of
music concerts, taking individual portraits of fans outside the
respective band's gig. He then composited the portraits into lineups of
eight to ten fans, creating a single pseudo-panoramic image. Disciples
gathers 62 of these fascinating images, featuring more than 500
individual portraits that capture the spirit and tribalism of
contemporary music culture, from death metal to Lady Gaga.

Madonna

The Cure

Bjork

Oasis

Kiss

Dolly Parton

50 Cent

Puff Daddy

Sex Pistols

Spice Girls

Jennifer Lopez

Casualties

George Michael

Rod Stewart

Manson

Missy Elliot

Morrisey

An entertaining study of pop culture and its subcultural micro-cults, Disciples
offers a curious look at one of our era's most pervasive secular
religions and one of the last remaining social unifiers of our time.